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the u.s. adult population, now say they belong to no church in particular. 6% of them are either atheist or agnostic. >> there's a yerng to find like minded people, so for people to have a conversation that's not taboo. >> reporter: we met him last month. he's the president of an atheist group in the bible belt, oklahoma city. >> we're not anti-religious, but we're pro secular. >> reporter: in the past three members membership has jumped from 300 members to well over 1,000. >> i do think it getting better. >> reporter: a college professor is one of them, she says the public mood on atheist is changing even here. >> there are still people who are marching in the parade at halloween yelling out you're going to hell and stuff like that. but there were more people who weren't. and i think that's going to keep going, i think that's the trend. >> reporter: researchers call them the nones, those who check the none box when asked to describe their religious affiliation, and they've doubled since 1990.
the u.s. adult population, now say they belong to no church in particular. 6% of them are either atheist or agnostic. >> there's a yerng to find like minded people, so for people to have a conversation that's not taboo. >> reporter: we met him last month. he's the president of an atheist group in the bible belt, oklahoma city. >> we're not anti-religious, but we're pro secular. >> reporter: in the past three members membership has jumped from 300 members to well over...
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just 16 days before the u.s. could hit the fiscal cliff, now, in washington, there could be a deal. at least they're close to a deal, possibly. a source close to the talks tells cnn that house speaker john boehner is willing to hike taxes on the wealthiest americans. that's something the president says must be included in any plan, but speaker boehner previously called tax increases on top earners a nonstarter. his office says there is no deal. >>> president obama seems set to nominate john kerry as his next secretary of state. united nations ambassador susan rice was the expexed choice, but you remember she pulled her name out of the running because of the controversy over her comments in the wake of the benghazi attacks. the formal announcement could come this week. >>> outgoing secretary of state, hillary clinton, is resting at home after suffering a concussion. she has been battling a stomach virus and fainted. her office said it's not severe, but clinton will be forced to skip her appearance in front of the house foreign relations committee this week. she was expected to testif
just 16 days before the u.s. could hit the fiscal cliff, now, in washington, there could be a deal. at least they're close to a deal, possibly. a source close to the talks tells cnn that house speaker john boehner is willing to hike taxes on the wealthiest americans. that's something the president says must be included in any plan, but speaker boehner previously called tax increases on top earners a nonstarter. his office says there is no deal. >>> president obama seems set to nominate...
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and since 9/11, u.s. foreign policy, domestic policy to a degree, has really been driven by fear. >> is it a disconnect between the understandable desire to prevent another 9/11, to keep us safe from something like that ever happening again? is it a disconnect from that desire to be safe and what would actually make us safe? did we outfit national security in a way that made us feel better but did not make us safer? >> al qaeda has been decimated, and a lot of the al qaeda leaders, including bin laden, are dead. but are we safer as a nation? look at the money being spent. and money being spent is real threat. if you accumulate debt, debt is what brings down empires. >> well, it's a difference between safety and strength. >> well put. >> if you can be provoked into reacting in a way that prevents something like that from happening again, but that also causes you to spend yourself into weakness, or to make yourself weak in other ways or to remove the things about you that made you a desirable and proud plac
and since 9/11, u.s. foreign policy, domestic policy to a degree, has really been driven by fear. >> is it a disconnect between the understandable desire to prevent another 9/11, to keep us safe from something like that ever happening again? is it a disconnect from that desire to be safe and what would actually make us safe? did we outfit national security in a way that made us feel better but did not make us safer? >> al qaeda has been decimated, and a lot of the al qaeda leaders,...
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. >> reporter: what was behind one of the worst mass shootings in u.s. history? authorities say they're just beginning to find the possible seeds of an answer at the home where adam lanza's mother was found shot to death. >> did produce a very good evidence in this investigation. >> our investigators will be able to use that as to how and why this occurred. >> reporter: so far no specifics about what the evidence is, but law enforcement officials say there is no note or letter making it explicit. first reports said his mother nancy was a teacher at sandy hook elementary, but tonight investigators say they found nothing connecting her to the school. as for what adam lanza was like, the 20-year-old said to be responsible for the rampage, neighbors and former classmates say he had few friends. while he was bright, they say he kept to himself. there is no picture of him in the newtown high school yearbook, just his name, and a remark saying he was camera shy. that shyness was from a mild form of autism. >> there is no question he was not a mainstream kid. he was odd,
. >> reporter: what was behind one of the worst mass shootings in u.s. history? authorities say they're just beginning to find the possible seeds of an answer at the home where adam lanza's mother was found shot to death. >> did produce a very good evidence in this investigation. >> our investigators will be able to use that as to how and why this occurred. >> reporter: so far no specifics about what the evidence is, but law enforcement officials say there is no note or...
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but of course you're talking about a federal u.s. attorney and bringing them, saying with a domestic violence case and they have, quote, bigger fish to fry, is what it comes down to. >> exactly. i think we've seen some change in the u.s. attorney's priori prioritiation of this. so we've seen some change but it's until the case that a native woman can't rely on her own government to protect her and that's what we're trying to change in the violence against women act. >> there's some staggering statistics on this. rates of rate and stalking by intimate partner and broken down by different demographic gripes and you see the rate is highest mooi american indian women, 46%, which is pretty staggering statistic. assault sexual, eyes cases from indian country declined by u.s. attorney's offices. 46% of assault cases are declined. 67% of sexual abuse cases are declined. ezra, what are the politics of this? this is one of these, it seems, in some ways, like this classic microcosm of art, our current dysfunction which is that this is tradition
but of course you're talking about a federal u.s. attorney and bringing them, saying with a domestic violence case and they have, quote, bigger fish to fry, is what it comes down to. >> exactly. i think we've seen some change in the u.s. attorney's priori prioritiation of this. so we've seen some change but it's until the case that a native woman can't rely on her own government to protect her and that's what we're trying to change in the violence against women act. >> there's some...
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what does that uncertainty do for u.s. citizens. >> blind unless you aren thiews as stick and check the white house web site to see what's pending you don't know what's going to come out under 2013-2014. we don't have a june find agendas. businesses don't know what's coming in 2013-2014. add the are a gla tore cliff with the fiscal cliff it's maddening. people at least wish they knew what to expect out of washington the next few years and they can't even expect that. >> shannon: there is a lot of uncertainty here. very interesting how you keep an eye on these things. we would love to you have come back. >> thanks so much. >> shannon: as the obama administration reopens the pipeline. one senator is reminding the president he needs to make those intentions public. rob portman sent mr. obama a letter last week reminding the white house of its legal requirement to publish these regulatory president obama promised the most transparent in history but he has failed to comply with the basic duty to publish his plans for new regula
what does that uncertainty do for u.s. citizens. >> blind unless you aren thiews as stick and check the white house web site to see what's pending you don't know what's going to come out under 2013-2014. we don't have a june find agendas. businesses don't know what's coming in 2013-2014. add the are a gla tore cliff with the fiscal cliff it's maddening. people at least wish they knew what to expect out of washington the next few years and they can't even expect that. >> shannon:...
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the tragic mass shooting marks the fourth time he has visited the scene of such a crime right here on u.s. soil. with just over two hours until he addresses the nation to the devastated families, many people are wondering what will the president say? whether it will match up with what americans need to hear and exactly what that might be. joining me is talk radio news service, ellen ratner and mike slater. thank you for joining us. i'll toss it to both of you. what do you expect the president will say this evening? >> i'm not sure what to expect. i think we need to hear a message of love. it can start with our families. there are 20 homes in connecticut with empty beds and lonely toys and wrapped presents. there are 20 grieving families that want more than anything to see their kids for one more hug and shower them with more love. i think the message of encouraging more active and engaged parents across the country. that is the message we need to hear that all the time. >> heather: they'll be two groups of people he will be speaking to, privately he will speak to the victims and families
the tragic mass shooting marks the fourth time he has visited the scene of such a crime right here on u.s. soil. with just over two hours until he addresses the nation to the devastated families, many people are wondering what will the president say? whether it will match up with what americans need to hear and exactly what that might be. joining me is talk radio news service, ellen ratner and mike slater. thank you for joining us. i'll toss it to both of you. what do you expect the president...